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Richard, Russell Bernard (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-November-22

Birth Date: 1919 (age 24)

Son of Harry B. and Jean G. Richard, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Home: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Service
RCAF
Unit
49 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Cave Canem Beware of the dog
Rank
Flying Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
J/14785
49 Squadron (Cave Canem) RAF Fiskerton, Lancaster III aircraft JB 369 EA-G was lost without a trace (although TSGNO states that it was shot down and exploded at Hasephorst, Germany) while engaged in night operations to Berlin, Germany. This aircraft was part of the largest single force of 764 heavy bombers sent to Berlin up to this point in the war. Flying Officer RB Richard (RCAF), Flying Officer CM Cottingham (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant GC Bailey (RCAF)(USA), FS CE Byers (RCAF), Flying Officer MW Wright (RAFVR), Sergeant GFAJ Falck (RAFVR), Sergeant AJ Mathieson (RAFVR) and Sergeant G Tabenor (RAFVR) were missing presumed killed. All are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial. Flying Officer Bailey was acting as second pilot (T Cachart). In 2004 the new air terminal at Comox, BC, was named for Flying Officer Cottingham (Linzee www.rafcommands.com). Addendum: . F/O. M.W. Wright (RAF), Sgt.s G.F.A.J. Falck (RAF), A.J. Mathieson (RAF), and G. Tabenor (RAF) were also killed. There were two pilots on board for this mission.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Flying Officer Russell Bernard Richard has no known grave.

Home
Google MapHalifax, Nova Scotia
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany

Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 174

Lancaster JB368

Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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last update: 2021-09-18 14:32:33

Lancaster Mk.III JB368

EARAF RoundelG
Delivered to No. 49 Sqn 27 Sep 1943. Missing on operation to Berlin 22/23 Nov 1943.

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